They sailed halfway around Earth
In 1905, during the Battle of Tsushima in the Russo-Japanese War, Russia sent a fleet 18,000 miles from the Baltic Sea to the Tsushima Strait, hoping to reach Vladivostok and change the war. After seven months at sea, the ships arrived slower, dirtier, and worn down before the battle even began.Battle of Tsushima: The Fleet That Sailed Into Disaster
Then one hospital ship gave them away
The Russians tried to slip through in radio silence before dawn. But the hospital ship Orel kept its lights on under the rules of war, and a Japanese scout ship spotted them in the dark.Battle of Tsushima: The Fleet That Sailed Into Disaster
